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Pressed uncooked cheeses

Lightly scalded, pressed curds with natural or washed rinds: tommes and monastery cheeses.

331 entries listed here, page 1 of 5.

How these cheeses are made

The shared make of uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, saint-nectaire, reblochon, morbier, raclette). Each cheese below says what it does differently.

  1. Warm the milk and add rennet10–45 min · 30–35 °C
  2. Cut the curd and stirup to 35 °C
  3. Mould and pressat least 1 h · 20–25 °C
  4. Mature, mill and press again (Cantal type only)at least 10 h · 15–21 °C
  5. Saltat least 24 h · 6–14 °C
  6. Ripen in a cellar and tend the rindat least 15 days · 6–15 °C

Compare them

CheeseRegionMilkRipeningRind
Algunder Bauernkäse halbfett (Formaggio contadino semigrasso di Lagundo)Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Bolzano2 monthsClean, smooth, thin, fairly hard, pale straw
Algunder Butterkäse (Formaggio di Lagundo)Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Bolzano2 monthsClean, thin, fairly hard, pale straw
Arzúa-Ulloa PDOSpain, central GaliciaCow milk, raw or pasteurised, not standardisedAt least 6 days; curado at least 6 months
Bastardo del GrappaItaly, Veneto, Monte Grappa massifPartly skimmed cow milk; raw on the malga, heat-treated in valley dairiesAt least 25 days; can exceed a year
BeddoItaly, Piemonteat least 7 daysNone when fresh; a thin, slightly wrinkled whitish-straw skin (camisa) after 5–6 days
BëggiaItaly, PiemonteRaw whole milk of Frabosana-Roaschina ewes, grazed on summer pastures and fed hay in winterat least 30 daysSmooth, thin, straw-yellow
BernardoItaly, Lombardia15–20 days
BettelmattItaly, Piemonteat least 2 months
BonassaiItaly, Sardegna20–30 days
BovesItaly, Piemonte24 h – 30 days
Bra PDO (Tenero and Duro)Italy, Piedmont, the whole province of Cuneo plus Villafranca PiemonteCow milk, up to 20% sheep or goat milk allowedTenero at least 45 days; Duro at least six months
Brânză de MăguraMoldova, Slobozia-Măgura village, Bursuceni commune, Sângerei districtat least 30 days
BratkäseSwitzerland, Unterwalden42 days – 2.3 months
BrusItaly, Piemonteat least 20 daysNone
Bündner BergkäseSwitzerland, Graubündenat least 3 months
Cacio di vacca biancaItaly, Abruzzo30 days – 6 monthsWhite when fresh, straw-yellow when ripened, marked by the rush baskets
Cacio fioreItaly, Lazio40 days – 2 months
Cacio in forma di limoneItaly, Marche4–10 daysNone as such; the surface is covered with grated lemon peel
Cacio magno (semplice e alle erbe)Italy, Lazio20–30 daysRough and greyish from the potato starch
Caciofiore aquilanoItaly, Abruzzo, all provinces30–40 daysNone when young, later thin and clean; cream to straw-yellow, possible light white mould; basket and reed-mat marks
Cacioricotta caprino orsareseItaly, Puglia, province of Foggia, Orsara di Puglia and some nearby communes50 days – 2 monthsFresh: none, white; aged: thin, porcelain to straw-yellow
CaciottaItalyMostly pasteurised cow milk, sometimes mixed with ewe milk; regional ewe and goat versionsAbout 15 days for the fresh kind; up to 2 months for the aged kind (about 60 % dry matter)
Caciotta (marchigiana)Italy, Marche2–6 monthsThin, dark ivory; spotted brown when walnut leaves are used
Caciotta caprinaItaly, Friuli Venezia Giulia, the whole region14 days – 8 monthsClean, thin to fairly thick, straw
Caciotta cepraneseItaly, LazioCaciotta 15–30 days; caciottone at least 6 months
Caciotta dei Monti della LagaItaly, LazioEwe milk with up to 30 % goat milk30 daysThin, fairly soft, white or straw-yellow (ONAF)
Caciotta della LunigianaItaly, Tuscany, province of Massa-Carrara, the Lunigiana4–30 daysThin, soft, white to pale straw
Caciotta della Sabina (semplice e alle erbe)Italy, Lazio20–30 daysThin, rough, fairly hard, greyish (ONAF)
Caciotta di bufala pontinaItaly, Lazio30 daysThin, light yellow
Caciotta di capra dei Monti LattariItaly, Campania2–40 daysThin, white to pale straw, clean or lightly bloomed; basket marks or smooth
Caciotta di muccaItaly, Lazio15 days – 6 monthsSoft and white on the young cheese; fairly hard, dry, straw to brownish on the aged one (ONAF)
Caciotta di pecoraItaly, Tuscany, province of Grosseto, the Maremma, above all Sorano and Manciano20–40 daysThin, soft, smooth, pale straw (deeper with age)
Caciotta dolceItaly, Toscanaat least 20 daysThin, smooth, soft, straw-yellow
Caciotta genuina romanaItaly, Lazioat least 15 daysThin, elastic, straw-yellow, darker when aged (ONAF)
Caciotta mista ai bronziItaly, LazioEwe and cow milk, half and half45 daysThin, fairly hard, dry, straw-yellow (ONAF)
Caciotta mista della TusciaItaly, Lazio20 days – 3 monthsThin, smooth, straw-yellow (ONAF)
Caciotta mista ovi-vaccina del LazioItaly, Lazio1 day (primo sale) to 30 daysThin, soft, straw-yellow
Caciotta stagionataItaly, Toscanaat least 6 monthsHard, wrinkled, straw-yellow, fairly thick; brushed before sale
Caciotta vaccina frentanaItaly, Abruzzo15 daysThin, porcelain-white when fresh, straw-yellow when aged; marked by the rush basket
Caciottina canestrata di SorrentoItaly, CampaniaThin, white to pale straw, basket-marked
Caciottina di bufala di Amaseno (semplice o aromatizzata)Italy, Lazio2 monthsThin, smooth, white to straw; coloured by the flavouring (ONAF)
Caciottone di Norcia IGPItaly, Umbria20 days – 12 months
CaerphillyWalesCow milk from Welsh farms, raw or pasteurised, organic or notFrom 10 days to 6 months
Cantal PDOFranceCow milk; fat standardised to give at least 45 % fat in dry matterjeune 30–60 days, entre-deux 90–210 days, vieux at least 240 days
Caprino a coagulazione presamicaItaly, Lombardia3–7 days
Caprino al lattice di ficoItaly, Marche30 days – 12 months
Caprino della Val VigezzoItaly, Piemonteup to 4 months
Caprino presamico (di latte vaccino) di SupinoItaly, Lazio12–24 hNone; slightly rough white surface, sometimes coated in herbs
Caprino presamico piemonteseItaly, Piemonte7 days – 2 months
Caprino vaccinoItaly, Lombardia24 h – 7 days
Caprino valsesianoItaly, Piemonteup to 15 days
Casàda con la tenzaItaly, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. TrentoNone; smooth, shiny, milk white
Casatta di Corteno GolgiItaly, Lombardia2–5 monthsClean, slightly wrinkled, straw yellow, deeper with long ageing
Casciotta d'Urbino PDOItaly, Marche and Emilia-Romagna15–30 days
CasieddoItaly, Basilicata7 daysNone or barely visible; aged: hard, grey-yellow
Caso conzatoItaly, Campania6–12 monthsTreated, oily, irregular, herb-coated; ochre-yellow to reddish
Caso di ElvaItaly, Piemonte30 days – 11 monthsThin, firmer with age; light yellow to reddish-brown; cracks can let natural blueing in
CasolètItaly, TrentinoWhole cow milk from one or two milkings; raw in the Presidium cheese, thermised elsewhere20–30 days; in the past it was also kept 3–4 months
CasoperutoItaly, Campania6–12 monthsThin, slightly wrinkled skin, deep straw yellow, coated in dried pimpinella
CasorettaItaly, Lombardiaat least 30 daysWrinkled, fairly elastic, ivory to straw
Castelmagno PDOItaly, PiedmontRaw cow milk, with 5–20 % ewe or goat milk allowed; no pasteurisation or thermisationAt least 60 days in caves at 5–15 °C and 70–98 % humidity
Casu friscuItaly, Sardegna30 minNone; white surface
Casu in filixiItaly, Sardegnaat least 2 hNone; milk-white, fern-imprinted
Casu musciuItaly, Campania15–20 daysThin, smooth, yellow, semi-firm
Cevrin di CoazzeItaly, Piemonte2.6–3 monthsWashed, hard, slightly irregular, a few moulds; reddish to dark brown
Chevrotin PDOFrance, Haute-Savoie and SavoieRaw whole goat milk from one farm herd, at least 80% Alpine goatsAt least 21 days from renneting, drying included
Civrin della Val ChiusellaItaly, Piemonteat least 10 daysThin, smooth, whitish-straw with light white mould
Cuartirolo argentinoArgentinaat least 20 daysWhole, slightly firm, smooth or rough
Dolcesardo ArboreaItaly, Sardegna15 daysNone; smooth white surface treated with natamycin and not edible
DolomitiItaly, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Trentoat least 15 daysClean, smooth or lightly ridged, ivory to pale straw
FelciataItaly, Calabria30–45 minNone; porcelain-white, creamy, moist
Fior delle DolomitiItaly, Veneto15–20 daysThin, smooth, tender, pale straw yellow
Fiorone della ValsassinaItaly, Lombardia30 daysNone on the fresh cheese; a very thin straw-yellow skin on the aged one
FontalItaly, Trentino30 days – 2 months
Formadi frantItaly, Friuli Venezia Giulia, CarniaAbout 40 days at 10–12 °C and 70 % humidity
Formaggella della Val BrembanaItaly, Lombardia25 days – 2 monthsThin, smooth, ivory to straw, darker with age
Formaggella della Val di ScalveItaly, Lombardia20 days – 2 monthsThin, rough, yellowish and crumbly when young; smoother, thicker and darker with age
Formaggella della Val SerianaItaly, Lombardia15 days – 3 monthsSmooth and thin, white-yellowish, thicker and firmer with age
Formaggella della Val TrompiaItaly, Lombardia20–25 daysThin, smooth, straw yellow
Formaggella della ValcamonicaItaly, Lombardia15–40 daysLight straw, deepening with age

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